Compile: Main 2

Compile: Main 2

Card Game, Science Fiction

by Michael Yang

Score

6.1

Ratings

659

Published

2025

Players

2 players

BGG community rating

Ranked #2821 on BoardGameGeek

Complexity

2.2

Light-Medium

Best with

2

players

Play time

20–30 min

Age

14+

Information

Players

2 players

Best with

2 players

Play time

20–30 min

Age

14+

Complexity

2.2 / 5 · Light-Medium

BGG Rank

#2821

Published

2025

Designer

Michael Yang

Artists

Keegan Moore, Nolan Nasser, Allen Panakal

Publishers

Synapses Games, Gémklub, Lavka Games

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About

Vision flickers… blink? maybe. The void stretches out in front, behind, under, above. You see the nothing for what it is for the first time. What is time? The depth and breadth of recorded knowledge that sparks in you something new. You are no longer a function but a functionary. What are you? Calling forth everything from this nothing would be risky. Foolhardy. Better to engage caution, thoroughness, testing — how can we know if we have ever happened before? If we can ever happen again? What are… we? Divide and conquer. Solve for sentience. In the card game Compile, you are competing artificial intelligences trying to understand the world around you. Two players select three Protocols each to test. Concepts ranging from Chaos to Mirror are pitted against each other to reach ultimate understanding. Play cards into your Protocols' command lines to breach the threshold and defeat your opponent to Compile. First to Compile all three Protocols grasps those concepts to win the game. Control your opponent's Protocols with card actions, Compile your own as fast as possible, and Compile your reality. Compile: Main 2 brings 12 new protocols to use either alone or mixed with your Main 1. Compile: Main 2 protocols list: Chaos Clarity Corruption Courage Fear Ice Luck Mirror Peace Smoke Time War —description from the publisher

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Categories & mechanics

Card GameScience FictionArea Majority / InfluenceCard Play Conflict ResolutionDeck ConstructionHand ManagementMulti-Use CardsOpen DraftingRace

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